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This is my self created full time job. I don't receive any income other than rent from the IP's we have held and the houses we have sold. I eased into this from being a landscaper - slaving away for 30k a yr! Actually the work was quite interesting but heavy labouring most of the time. Now the...

I haven't got a builders licence but I'm a landscaper by trade. I do the following: find sites that stack up financially and comply with council requirements negotiate the contract organise survey plan provide a brief to my architect who provides my house plans assemble and lodge the...

There are many factors behind being successful in a chosen field and property development is no different. The desire must be strong and sincere enough to take concrete action. If you want to find a mentor you have to seriously look for one. Thinking "why would they bother" is not the attitude...

If you're fortunate enough to have a mentor with experience then you can fast track this stage. I am advising my chippie/builder at present. He has built 8 houses for me and is currently working on another duplex of ours. He is about to settle on a triplex site which is his first development...

Thanks Evan, That's right, I don't linger over any spreadsheets. I know the planning code and the market price for my product well enough to decide very quickly whether there is plenty of money to be made. I also know how long the project will take for purchasing, planning, construction and...

Also need to consider how much time YOU put into the project. You have to pay yourself for your time. A newbie can spend a lot of time on initial ventures because of lack of experience. Whether it is time in planning, accessing finance, finding a builder or time on site project managing. As the...